Commentary by Michael Wade on Leadership, Ethics, Management, and Life

Monday, December 28, 2009

"Fevered Imaginings": The Apple Tablet

Writing in Business Week, Arik Hesseldahl explores possibilities but ultimately gives an ultra-cautious prediction about Apple's tablet. An excerpt:Apple may throw everyone a curve ball here. Imagine an Apple tablet about the size of a 11-in. spiral notebook with an iPhone-like touch screen. How about the ability for the machine to recognize voice commands and dictation of text? A built-in video camera and maybe a mini-projector for meetings would be nice. And if the reports of Apple's discussion to land print media content in the iTunes store are true, how about an easy-on-the-eyes display for reading electronic magazines and books?